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In this session we explore the diverse open data ecosystem in the LAC region. Through a Q&A session we invite leaders in government, academia, civil society, and the private sector to reflect on the current state of affairs in the LAC region in terms of government policies, early successes, and challenges ahead. Is the open data movement helping governments and civil society to improve democratic accountability? Can the LAC open data ecosystem contribute innovations that are inclusive and serve most of the people, including the most vulnerable? What do we need to scale up open data initiatives and how do we go forward? How do we advance with constrained resources?

Title proposal: A Caribbean perspective. | | Biography: Dr. McNaughton is currently Director of the Centre of Excellence for IT-enabled Innovation at the Mona School of Business & Management, UWI. His research focus spans the domain of emerging Open ICT ecosystems, and includes open source software, open data, mobile and cloud computing. He is a founding member of the Caribbean Open Institute, a regional coalition of Caribbean... Read More →

Title proposal: The open data charter in the Americas. | | Biography: Fabrizio Scrollini is the lead researcher of the Latin American Initiative for Open Data (ILDA), and member of the Open Data Network for Development (OD4D). He is also Chairman of DATA Uruguay, a civic association based in Uruguay that builds civic technology to promote human development, co-founder of Abrelatam and the Open Data Regional Conference for Latin... Read More →

Biography: Gonzalo Iglesias is National Director for Public Data and Information, where he's leading Argentina's government efforts towards opening up public sector data. He holds a BA in Political Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires and a MA in Public Management from Victoria University of Wellington. Before joining the national team, Gonzalo reported as Deputy Director of the Open Government Office for the City of Buenos Aires... Read More →

Lecturer, Mona School of Business and Management, University of West Indies

Biography: Michelle McLeod (PhD) is Lecturer in Tourism Management at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Her tourism industry experience spans over twenty-five years. Her present research interests are in the subject areas of tourism, knowledge networks, open data ecosystems, policy networks, destination networks and service productivity. | | Her recent works include a book entitled "Knowledge Networks and Tourism" published by... Read More →

Biography: Indianna D. Minto-Coy is Senior Research Fellow, Mona School of Business and Management (UWI), Research Affiliate - International Migration Research Centre (Wilfrid Laurier University) and a researcher with the Caribbean Open Institute. Dr Minto-Coy has held appointments at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship (University of Oxford), University of Waterloo, Centre for International Governance Innovation and Shridath... Read More →

Biography: I’m a Systems Engineer of National University of Colombia, specialist in systems information from Universidad de los Andes and MBA in International Management with a Marketing oriented, from Euncet Business School of Universidad Politecnica from Catalonia, with additional training in Management Project, Finance, e-Government, Open Government, Strategic Management and training as a Coach. I have been working for... Read More →

Director of the Department for Effective Public Management, Organization of American States

Biography: Since 2012, Maria Fernanda Trigo has been the Director of the Department for Effective Public Management at the Organization of American States where she contributes to strengthen public institutions in OAS member states so they are more transparent, effective and have mechanisms for public participation. She has over fifteen year experience in international relations, first working in the organization, development and negotiations... Read More →